Many thanks for all the birthday greetings and wishes! I did have a very nice day - well, the whole long weekend, as a matter of fact, since Monday was a holiday. Gorgeous weather, pleasant hours at the beach, just enough guests to make it special, yet enough time without obligations to make it relaxing. And yes,
Pitchwife, the cake was very delicious - after all, I made it myself!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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